With a massive rise of COVID-19 cases, Assam's main city of Guwahati has entered a "real pandemic phase" with community transmission being witnessed, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has warned India of major locusts attacks in the coming days, following which the government has intensified its efforts to tackle the menace

Amid pressure from party members to save the party unity, two chairs of the ruling Nepal Communist Party, KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal, on Sunday decided to buy time, agreeing to sit for talks once again on Monday morning

The Pakistan government has opened four border points with neighbouring Iran from Sunday for trade. The four border entry points in Balochistan would remain opened throughout the week, The Express Tribune reported

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday directed the relevant authorities to consult the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on the issue of construction of a Hindu temple in Islamabad. Minister for Religious Affairs Pir Noorul Haq Qadri called on PM Imran

Coordinated efforts against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are bearing fruit in Pakistan with a continuous drop in number of active cases, as the gap between the total number of patients and those fully recovered has narrowed further, Dawn has learnt

Academic activities of Grades 5, 11 and 13 at government schools that were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic resumed today (July 6), according to education authorities

Six Sri Lankan fishermen were rescued from rough seas on Sunday morning in a coordinated operation between Indian Coast Guard's Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) and merchant vessel MV YM Summit

Sri Lanka has not been exempted from the Global Travel Advisory or border restrictions for the British nationals against all but essential international travel, at this initial stage, the British High Commission in Colombo said in a release today

India has finally allowed goods in from Bangladesh through Benapole Land Port in Jashore days after Bangladeshi exporters blocked imports from across the border

"The coronavirus earlier closed our earning, and now flood has made us homeless," said Mukti Khatun of Shuvogachha village in Sirajganj's Kazipur upazila

Afghanistan and India on Sunday signed five Memorandums of Understanding, based on which, New Delhi donates 2.6 million dollars to the Afghan ministries of education and higher education

Kabul is hosting a grand meeting that discusses the Afghan peace efforts

The government emphasizes on the release of all security force from Taliban jails, saying it would be the main element of prisoner swap

India's Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday assured of providing long term visas to Pakistani Hindu refugees residing in the national capital as well as enable them to settle in India